Health-related effects of welfare-to-work policies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-112

  Ayala, Luis ^a   Rodríguez, Magdalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Estudios Fiscales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health outcomes; Propensity score matching; Spain; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; WELFARE TO WORK PROGRAM;

HEALTH BEHAVIORS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SPAIN; WELFARE-TO-WORK;

ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPAIN;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84881002901     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.037     Document Type: Article

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